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1947 Map of Rib Lake

Name: 1947 Topographic Map of Rib Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1956
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1956

About this map

The village of Rib Lake serves as the primary hub in this postwar Wisconsin landscape, where the local economy and geography are defined by a dense network of water bodies and timber-related infrastructure. The map reveals a transition from active logging to established rural settlements, noted by the presence of numerous small district schools such as Fawn Valley Sch and Rib River Sch that once served the families of the cutover region.

Strategic vantage points like the Tims Lake Fire Tower and the Wilderness Lookout Tower overlook the heavily wooded townships of Spirit and Rib Lake. In the eastern section, a distinctive Logging Grade and the Railroad at New Wood Jet trace the paths of industrial transport through the marshy terrain. These details, along with the numerous named lakes like Hultman Lake and North Spirit Lake, document the complex hydrology and early 20th-century development of Taylor and Price Counties.